1981 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1981 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1980–81
Teams 8
First round site Campus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
Champions Kansas (1st title)
Winning coach Ted Owens (1st title)
MVP Darnell Valentine (Kansas)
Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1980  1982»

The 1981 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–5 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

In a rematch of the 1980 final (won by KSU), Kansas upset rivals Kansas State in the championship game, 80–68, to win their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Jayhawks, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Missouri and Kansas State, who earned at-large bids.

Format

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with all teams placed and paired in the initial quarterfinal round.

All first round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The semifinals and championship game, in turn, were played at a neutral site at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 3 		Semifinals
Wednesday, March 4 		Championship
Thursday, March 5
         
1 Missouri 95
8 Iowa State 70
1 Missouri 70
4 Kansas 75
5 Oklahoma State 69
4 Kansas 96
4 Kansas 80
2 Kansas State 68
3 Nebraska 66
6 Colorado 70
6 Colorado 61
2 Kansas State 64
7 Oklahoma 56
2 Kansas State 75

References

  1. ↑ "1980-81 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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